Trows are creatures from the folklore of Orkney and Shetland, the islands at the very top of Scotland, so far north they are closer to Norway than to London. The word Trow is connected to the Scandinavian heritage of the Northern Isles. It comes through Norn, the old Scandinavian language once spoken in Orkney and Shetland, and is closely related to the word troll.

A few nights ago my daughter declared loudly that she is obsessed with Robin Hood because he helps people, can shoot arrows and has lots of friends. She also mentioned that he was a fox, all very accurate points if we are basing all of our Robin Hood knowledge entirely on the 1970s Disney film, but Robin Hood wasn't really like that. This one might just surprise you! Spoiler Alert - if my daughter knew that I wrote a medieval history blog, could navigate the internet to fin